Nonot only exhibitions and museums: also perfumeries and beauty store they welcome jeweled perfumes and limited edition collectible cosmetics, made in collaboration with artists, craftsmen, painters, designers, architects and even engineers. Super exclusive gift ideas for Christmas 2023. After all, the combination of art and beauty has a long-standing tradition. Just think of when, in the 1930s, master glassmakers of the caliber of René Lalique And Baccarat they competed to win the design of a designer bottle.
Collectible gift jewel perfumes, for Christmas 2023
Today, as then, there are various jewel perfumes, truly special gifts. Precisely because they are difficult to find, in a limited edition, complete with a numbered bottle. To create them, the Maison de Beauté they turn to the best jewelers in the field.
During the holidays, for example, the Guerlain brand turned to Begüm Khan to re-propose its historic Imagine fragrance in two ultra-luxury bottles collectible. For the first, the designer chose to embellish the famous one Bee Bottle by Guerlain with a 24-carat gold-plated bronze scarab, with 440 gems set one by one. All then framed by eight precious jewels whose source of inspiration is a masterpiece from Topkapi Palace, in Istanbul, designed around a pear-shaped diamond of exceptional dimensions (the fourth largest in the world). Of this version, only 40 pieces are available worldwide. The cost? 18 thousand euros.
The version, however, is available in 4,515 pieces Millésime Of Imagine by Guerlain, in his Bee Bottle always revisited by Begüm Khan. At the center of the golden bottle, this time there is an imperial bee with 37 sparkling pavé gems set by hand. It costs 900 euros.
Artist’s illustrations
Fans of collectible jewel perfumes will surely be enchanted by another collaboration: the one between Louis Vuitton and the architect Frank Gehry who, together, created the bottles with sculptured caps of the line Les Extraits from the Maison French. The last throw is called Myriad and is characterized by an enveloping jus with the scent of oud and rose.
There is no shortage of exponents of Italian art, even in perfumery. The historic essence house Fragonard, for example, asked the Sicilian painter Alessandro Florio to think about the decoration of its Christmas candles and not only.
While the partnership between is 100% made in Italy All round And Davide Baroni. In fact, the decidedly pop illustrations were created by the latter pack of the line Via Veneto of the Italian brand of toiletries.
Even skincare becomes precious
On the front of the skincareit is impossible not to mention the recently launched special edition of the two most iconic creams Augustinus Bader. For their fifth birthday, The Cream And The Rich Cream they were dressed by designer Haider Ackermann with a new chrome-plated, airless and refillable bottle. A designer pack for a formula capable of acting on all signs of aging with its powerful active ingredients.
Or, Sensai: offers, at a very limited number of authorized retailers, Ultimate The Cream Special Edition. The pack was created in collaboration with Kaikado which is the oldest Japanese tea container manufacturing company. With a clean and rechargeable design, designed to last over time.
Limited edition make up
There is no shortage of collectible proposals even in the makeup segment. Just think of the capsules Miss Dior Blooming Boudoir by Dior with its archival floral print oh Clé de Peau Beauté who entrusted the graphics of her Christmas make-up collection to the illustrator Katie Rodgers.
So bottles and cases of eyeshadows, lipsticks and highlighters, they tell the story of the Little Mermaid through the colors and brushstrokes of the American artist known for its ability to combine magic and nature. And leave you amazed.
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